Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts chords by
Bob Dylan

1975•Country•1.5K views•

Key: D major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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The festival was over,

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the boys were all plannin' for a fall

The cabaret was quiet

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except for the drillin' in the wall

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The curfew had been lifted

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and the gamblin' wheel shut down

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Anyone with any sense

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had already left town

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He was standin' in the doorway

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lookin' like the Jack of Hearts

Verse 2

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He moved across the mirrored room,

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"Set it up for everyone,"

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he said

Then everyone commenced to do

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what they were doin'

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before he turned their heads

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Then he walked up to a stranger

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and he asked him with a grin

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"Could you kindly tell me, friend,

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what time the show begins?"

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Then he moved into the corner,

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face down like the Jack of Hearts

Verse 3

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Backstage the girls were playin'

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five-card stud by the stairs

Lily had two queens,

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she was hopin' for a third to match her pair

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Outside the streets were fillin' up,

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the window was open wide

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A gentle breeze was blowin',

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you could feel it from inside

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Lily called another bet

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and drew up the Jack of Hearts

Verse 4

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Big Jim was no one's fool,

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he owned the town's only diamond mine

He made his usual entrance

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lookin' so dandy and so fine

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With his bodyguards and silver cane

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and every hair in place

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He took whatever he wanted to

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and he laid it all to waste

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But his bodyguards and silver cane

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were no match for the Jack of Hearts

Verse 5

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Rosemary combed her hair and

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took a carriage into town

She slipped in through the side door

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lookin' like a queen without a crown

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She fluttered her false eyelashes

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and whispered in his ear

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"Sorry, darlin', that I'm late,"

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but he didn't seem to hear

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He was starin' into space

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over at the Jack of Hearts

Verse 6

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"I know I've seen that face somewhere,"

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Big Jim was thinkin' to himself

"Maybe down in Mexico

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or a picture up on somebody's shelf"

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But then the crowd began to stamp their feet

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and the house lights did dim

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And in the darkness of the room

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there was only Jim and him

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Starin' at the butterfly

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who just drew the Jack of Hearts

Verse 7

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Lily was a princess,

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she was fair-skinned and precious as a child

She did whatever she had to do,

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she had that certain flash

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every time she smiled

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She'd come away from a broken home,

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had lots of strange affairs

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With men in every walk of life

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which took her everywhere

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But she'd never met anyone

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quite like the Jack of Hearts

Verse 8

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The hangin' judge came in

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unnoticed and was being wined and dined

The drillin' in the wall kept up

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but no one seemed to pay it any mind

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It was known all around that Lily

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had Jim's ring

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And nothing would ever come between

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Lily and the king

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No, nothin' ever would

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except maybe the Jack of Hearts

Verse 9

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Rosemary started drinkin' hard

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and seein' her reflection in the knife

She was tired of the attention,

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tired of playin' the role of Big Jim's wife

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She had done a lot of bad things,

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even once tried suicide

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Was lookin' to do just one good deed

before she died

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She was gazin' to the future,

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riding on the Jack of Hearts

Verse 10

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Lily took her dress off

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and buried it away

"Has your luck run out?"

she laughed at him

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"Well, I guess you must have

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known it would someday

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Be careful not to touch the wall,

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there's a brand-new coat of paint

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I'm glad to see you're still alive,

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you're lookin' like a saint"

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Down the hallway footsteps

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were comin' for the Jack of Hearts

Verse 11

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The backstage manager was pacing

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all around by his chair

"There's something funny going on,"

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he said,

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"I can just feel it in the air"

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He went to get the hangin' judge,

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but the hangin' judge was drunk

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As the leading actor hurried by

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in the costume of a monk

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There was no actor anywhere

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better than the Jack of Hearts

Verse 12

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No one knew the circumstance

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but they say that it happened pretty quick

The door to the dressing room

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burst open and a cold revolver clicked

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And Big Jim was standin' there,

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ya couldn't say surprised

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Rosemary right beside him,

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steady in her eyes

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She was with Big Jim

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but she was leanin' to the Jack of Hearts

Verse 13

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Two doors down

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the boys finally made it through the wall

And cleaned out the bank safe,

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it's said that they got off

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with quite a haul

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In the darkness by the riverbed

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they waited on the ground

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For one more member

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who had business back in town

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But they couldn't go no further

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without the Jack of Hearts

Verse 14

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The next day was hangin' day,

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the sky was overcast and black

Big Jim lay covered up,

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killed by a penknife in the back

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And Rosemary on the gallows,

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she didn't even blink

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The hangin' judge was sober,

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he hadn't had a drink

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The only person on the scene

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missin' was the Jack of Hearts

Verse 15

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The cabaret was empty now,

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a sign said,

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"Closed for repair"

Lily had already taken

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all of the dye out of her hair

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She was thinkin' 'bout her father, who

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she very rarely saw

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Thinkin' 'bout Rosemary

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and thinkin' about the law

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But, most of all

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she was thinkin' 'bout the Jack of Hearts

Outro 1

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The original key of Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts by Bob Dylan is D major.

The primary chords used in Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts are D, G, A, D/C#.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 2 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like D, G, A, D/C#, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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The tempo of Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts is approximately 120 beats per minute.

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